William Floyd Middle School recently held a successful “Meet the Teacher Night” and welcomed families to visit their children’s classrooms and meet their teachers, administrators and other staff members.

Four William Floyd High School students in Amanda Huff’s environmental science class were recently named first-place winners in PSEG Long Island’s “I Am Em-Powered” PSA (public service announcement) video contest designed to promote environmental awareness.

Newsday has released their “Top Player” lists in the various varsity fall sports and William Floyd is well-represented with six featured student-athletes. The Colonials have three student-athletes representing football, one representing girls’ soccer, one representing girls’ tennis and one representing girls’ cross country.

The William Floyd High School Wind Ensemble under the direction of Mr. Garry Helbock performs "Rest" by Frank Ticheli, which is dedicated to the Farmingdale school community in wake of the tragic bus accident that took place last week.

The William Floyd School District recently appointed Lisa Tanturri as the new assistant principal at the William Floyd Learning Center. In this role, she has been assisting principal Gary Bretton in providing instructional and administrative leadership to nearly 80 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, as well as 30 faculty members and professional staff members. She took over for former assistant principal Camelle Person, who was promoted to the principalship of William Floyd Middle School.

The William Paca Middle School Garden Club has been working hard to cultivate their crops for summer and fall harvesting! The group, led by Brian Midwinter and Justine Dill, eighth grade living environment teachers and Garden Club advisors, recently harvested a bountiful crop of various fruits and vegetables for club, school and community use!